President Trump said Sunday that neither he nor top members of his administration had been briefed on a classified intelligence assessment that found Russians had offered a bounty to those who conducted lethal attacks on U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan, and played down the seriousness of the allegation in a posting on Twitter. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) expressed skepticism about the administration’s response to reports of the alleged bounties, saying she was outraged to learn about the assessment and...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 28, 2020 16:37 UTC